Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 17
... side by wide - stretched symmetrical wings . What appears once in the atmosphere may appear often , and it was ... sides of the stone wall which obviously gave the idea of the common architectural scroll to abut a tower . By surrounding ...
... side by wide - stretched symmetrical wings . What appears once in the atmosphere may appear often , and it was ... sides of the stone wall which obviously gave the idea of the common architectural scroll to abut a tower . By surrounding ...
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... side and on that , but they must turn the whole head . The man- ners of that period are plain and fierce . The rever- ence exhibited is for personal qualities , courage , ad- dress , self - command , justice , strength , swiftness , a ...
... side and on that , but they must turn the whole head . The man- ners of that period are plain and fierce . The rever- ence exhibited is for personal qualities , courage , ad- dress , self - command , justice , strength , swiftness , a ...
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... side but the transmigrations of Proteus ? I can symbolize my thought by using the name of any creature , of any fact , because every creature is man agent or patient . Tantalus is but a name for and me . Tantalus means the impos- you ...
... side but the transmigrations of Proteus ? I can symbolize my thought by using the name of any creature , of any fact , because every creature is man agent or patient . Tantalus is but a name for and me . Tantalus means the impos- you ...
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... side and put riddles to every passenger . If the man could not answer , she swallowed him alive . If he could solve the riddle , the Sphinx was slain . What is our life but an endless flight of winged facts or events ! In splendid ...
... side and put riddles to every passenger . If the man could not answer , she swallowed him alive . If he could solve the riddle , the Sphinx was slain . What is our life but an endless flight of winged facts or events ! In splendid ...
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... side him , and there is no record of any word or sign that has passed from one to the other . What con- nection do the books show between the fifty or sixty chemical elements , and the historical eras ? Nay , what does history yet ...
... side him , and there is no record of any word or sign that has passed from one to the other . What con- nection do the books show between the fifty or sixty chemical elements , and the historical eras ? Nay , what does history yet ...
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